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Publisher 
Nina B. Link 
Editor 
Jonathan Rosenbloom 
Art Director 
Al Nagy 
Managing Editor 
Aura Marrero 
Associate Editors 
Richard Chevat 
Russell Miller 
Assistant Editor 
Ellen Rudolph Mednick 
Assistant Art Director 
Jo Lynn Crabs 


RESEARCH 
Research Director/Publications 
Dr. Istar Schwager 
Field Research Coordinator 
Andrés Henriquez 


BUSINESS 
Subscription Fulfillment Manager 
Lucille Friedman 
Promotion Manager 
Elizabeth McNamara 
Production Director 
Carlos М. Crosbie 
Production Manager 
Kathy Lee 


ADVERTISING SALES 
Advertising Director/ Periodicals Group 
Myles Grossman 
Advertising Representatives 
Jane Abram 
Gail DeLott 
Advertising Coordinator 
Jayne Porrazzo 


ADVISORS 
Dr. Gerald S. Lesser 


Professor, Harvard Graduate 
School of Education 


Dr. Charles Walcott 
Director, Lab. of Ornithology, 
Cornell University 


Dr. Jearl Walker 


Professor of Physics, 
Cleveland State University 
Dr. Charles A. Whitney 


Professor of Astronomy, 
Harvard University 


ADVERTISING SALES OFFICE 
Myles Grossman 
Advertising Director 
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3-2-1 Contact (ISSN 0195-4105) is a publication of the 
Children's Television Workshop. published ten times 
during the year, monthly except for February and Au- 
gust. © 1986 Children's Television Workshop. All 
rights reserved. All contents owned by the Children’s 
Television Workshop and may not be reprinted without 
permission. 3-2-1 Contact is a trademark and a service 
mark of the Children's Television Workshop. Printed in 
the U.S.A. Number 63, January/February 1986. Edito- 
rial offices, One Lincoln Plaza, New York, М.Ү. 10023. 
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Featuring This Month 


4 Опе Other Hand: 
А Look at Life for 
Lefties 


10 Reaching Out: U.S. 
Kids Help Kids Around 
the World 


18 Shutterbug! 
20 Busy Bodies: The Brain 
24 Dinner Is Served 


50 Grab the Gremlin: А 
Game for Two Players 


ENTER: The High-Tech 
World of Computers 


91 It's Amaze-ing! 
92 Newsbeot 
55 The Slipped Disk Show 





54 Reviews 
96 Basic Training 
98 Crossword Puzzle 


Plus Our Regular 
Departments 


2 TNT: Tomorrow's News 
Today 


Ө Factoids 
14 The Bloodhound Gang 
26 Any Questions? 
28 Extra! 
59 ма! 
41 Did It! 


Cover Photo, Courtesy of Unicef 


Our cover shows two kids from 
the Sudan who are being helped 
by UNICEF. 








Mars Trip Planned 

Will there be humans heading 
to Mars by the year 2010? There 
may be, if scientists, astronauts 
and politicians have their way. 
And the journey may be shared 
by two nations—the U.S. and the 
Soviet Union. 

The mission would take off 
from an orbiting U.S. space sta- 
tion which should be built by 
1992. The trip would take two to 
three years to reach Mars which 
is 35 million miles from Earth. 
(That’s 160 times the distance to 
the moon.) 

The space flight could cause 
many problems for the 
"Marsnauts." After spending 
such a long time in zero gravity, 
their muscles—including their 
hearts—could weaken. Their 
bones might lose calcium. 
And it might be diffi- 
cult for a group of 
people living together in 
close quarters for years to 
get along. They might become 
bored and argue. 

АП these facts aren't keeping 
space experts from starting 
to plan the Mars trip. Will 
it ever take place? Only the 
future—and the stars—will tell! 





The Cat's Meow 

Who did Steven Spielberg, 
the creator of E.T., model his 
famous character after? A brand 
new breed of cat that coos 
like a pigeon! 

The cat named Shmonem is 
not your everyday housecat. It’s 
completely hairless—except for 
tufts of hair around its nose and 
eyes, and at the end of its long 
tail which looks something like 
the tail of a rat. 

Shmonem wags its tail from 
side to side—just like a dog. He 
has great vision and no whiskers. 

Shmonem must live indoors 
because he has no fur. His owner 
thinks he's “more intelligent 
than an average cat." 

How did Shmonem come 
about? His parents were ordi- 
nary devon rex parents.He is the 
result of a mutation—a change 
in the genes. Shmonem will be 
shown at the International Cat 
Show in New York City, January 
24-26, 1986. 





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Propeller Planes 


Returning 

A new test plane will fly in the 
sky next summer and it may 
change the look of planes to come. 
The new model has engines with 
propellers mounted on its rear. 

The new prop planes may use 
30 percent less fuel than today’s 
jets. The plane will still travel at 
а jet-age 550 miles per hour. 

The test craft has been in the 
works for 10 years. Engineers 
still have to figure out what to do 
about the noise the propellers 
make. They are looking into 
ways to soundproof the cabins so 
passengers can ride in quiet. 

If all goes well, passengers 
will take off in 1992. 





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A Fishy Story 


What do you do if you want to 
go fishing, but you have no bait? 
In some places you just walk up 
to a Vend-A-Bait machine, slip in 
a few coins and—presto!—live 


] bait comes out. 


Fishing fans have their choice 
of nightcrawlers, crawdads, liver 
and catfish bait. The machines 
keep the bait alive for two weeks 
by refrigerating it and supplying 
oxygen to preserve the critters. 


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Duilders Help Turtles 

Each year, sea turtles lay their 
eggs in the sand of many beaches 
along the Florida coast. When 
the hatchlings come out of their 
shells, they head for the water— 
and swim away. But lights from 
homes along the beach have con- 
fused the baby turtles. 

"Newborn turtles are attracted 
to light, not water," says Ross 
Witham, an expert on sea turtles. 
"In areas where there are no 
buildings, the brightest area is 
the water. That's because it 
reflects more light than the sur- 
rounding land." 

Because the east coast of Flor- 
ida has so many brightly lighted 
buildings along the beaches, the 
turtles head for them instead of 
the sea. Along the way, some are 
hit by cars. Others die from lack 
of water. 

But now, three counties in 
Florida are requiring that all new 
beach buildings have tinted win- 
dows. This way, less light will 
reach the beach from the apart- 
ments. And the sea turtle, an 
endangered animal, will be less 
in danger of dying out. 


Up in Smoke 

Some kids in parts of the U.S. 
are getting into a new craze with 
deadly results. They are chewing 
smokeless tobacco. In Texas, for 
instance, 55 percent of chewing 
tobacco users say they started 
before age 13. 

Many kids think that using 
smokeless tobacco is less harm- 
ful than smoking cigarettes. But 
according to recent reports, the 
facts are very different. 

Araden Christen, a dentist at 
Indiana University, found that 
mouth damage can occur “1п as 
little as three to four months." 
Smokeless tobacco can harm 
your gums and loosen your 
teeth. The stuff can also raise 
your blood pressure. In addition, 
it can slow your reaction time— 
and that's not good for athletes. 

Right now, the Surgeon Gen- 
eral—the “сһіеР” doctor in the 
U.S.—is studying the effects of 
smokeless tobacco. Many medi- 
cal groups are asking that the 
U.S. require warning labels on 
all pouches or cans of the stuff — 
similar to the warnings on ciga- 
rette packs. 

PHOTO, STEVE LISS/TIME MAGAZINE 


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New Dinosaur Discovered 

For years to come, scientists in 
Texas will be studying a pile of 
dinosaur bones they've recently 
uncovered. The skeletons appear 
to come from previously unknown 
species. 

“Certain skull bones are unlike 
any we've ever seen," says Phil- 
lip Murry, a scientist who has 
been studying the find. Most of 
the uncovered dinos were plant- 
eaters. They were small crea- 
tures who walked on their hind 
legs. The discovery should help 
scientists piece together how 
dinosaurs changed between 135 
million and 65 million years ago. 





So What's New? 


You tell us and you'll get a 
nifty CONTACT T-shirt—if we 
print your story. Send us any sci- 
ence stories that have to do with 
the future (which could even be 
next week!). Send stories to: 

TNT 

Р.О. Box 599 

Ridgefield, NJ 07657 


PHOTO BY Н. GRISTCHER/6 PETER ARNOLD 


AT LIFE FOR 
LEFTIES 


by Rosemary lconis 


Think fast. What do tennis player Martina 
Navratilova, actor Sylvester Stallone and Ben 
Franklin have in common? If you guessed left- 
handedness, you're right! 

Only about one person out of every 10 is a 
lefty. Most of your friends, neighbors and family 
members are probably righties. Let's face it. We 
live in a right-handed world. We paste postage 
stamps on the right side of the envelope. We 
turn a doorknob to the right to open a door. We 
wind our alarm clocks to the right. The list goes 
on and on. 


Anywhere you look, left-handedness is some- 
thing rare. Believe it or not, even most plants are 
right-handed! The honeysuckle is one of the few 
climbing plants that twines to the left. Most 
snail shells are right-handed. Those that curve to 
the left are very rare. 


It's All A Matter of Drains 


Why are most people right-handed? To find 
out, we must enter an exciting world—the 
world of the human brain. 

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The nerves that lead to and from the brain are Sports Advantage 
crisscrossed, so the left half of the brain controls There is one place that lefties often have an 
the right side of the body. The right side of the advantage: sports! This is especially true in 
brain controls the left side of the body. In most baseball. A left-handed batter is in a great posi- 
people, the left half of the brain is stronger, so tion to run to first base. And first basemen very 
most people are right-handed. But the right half often must field balls hit to their right side. 
of the brain is stronger in some people. And that Since left-handed basemen wear the glove on 
means they are—you got it—left-handed. the right hand, they can cover much more 

Most scientists agree that left-handedness and ground than righties who have to swing around 
right-handedness are inherited. They have to field balls. 
found that if both parents are lefties, half of the Tennis is another great sport for lefties emp 


kids will be lefties, too. But if both parents are 
righties, there is only a very slim chance (two 
out of 100) that any of the kids will be a lefty. 

The result: Righties far outnumber lefties. Раш McCartney uses 

Does that make lefties special? You bet! “I can a guitar for lefties. 
do everything with my left hand, but I’ve had to 
learn to do a lot with my right hand too,” says 
Keith Magni, 10, of Long Island, NY. “If you take 
a pair of scissors and try to use them with your 
left hand, they don’t work. So I’ve learned to cut 
using my right hand!" 

Dr. Ruben Gur, a research psychologist, might 
understand Keith's feelings. He says, “It’s much 
more difficult for righties to do things with the 
left hand than it is for lefties to do things with 
the right hand. It's due to a difference in the . 
way the nerves in their brains operate. In other 
words, the wiring is just not the same!" 

Left-handers live in a world where common, 
everyday articles are made for the needs and 
convenience of righties. 

For instance, refrigerators are usually madeto  ; 
be opened with the right hand. Radio tuning 
knobs are on the right. Scissors are made for 
righties, so for the lefty, the cutting edges are on 
the wrong side. Even watches wind the wrong 
way for lefties. (The winding stem is on the 
right.) 

"Everybody says you can't write neatly if 
you're a lefty," says Ned Welch, 8, of Garden 
City, NY. “Му notebook is neat but my hand is a 
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aged to switch. There are also many products to 
help lefties get along in a right-handed world. 
Stores that specialize in products for lefties are 
springing up all over the U.S. They carry some 
incredible items. 

Of course, lefty wristwatches are available 
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instruments are built for fingering with the left 
hand and bowing or strumming with the right. 

The lefty stores have instruments that work the 
opposite way. 

Did you every think of a ruler as being geared 
toward righties? Well it is, so left-handed rulers 
with numbers beginning on the right side are for 
sale. So are special notebooks with the spirals 
on the right instead of the left. Lefties can even 
buy pens with extra-fast drying ink to avoid 
smudging. 


Out in Left Field 


Lefties have stood out since ancient times. 
The Incas of South America thought left-hand- 
edness was lucky. But many superstitions make 
people think that right is lucky and left is—you 
got it—unlucky. For instance, some people 
think if your right eye twitches, you'll see a 
friend. But if your left eye twitches, you will see 
an enemy. 

Lefties know better than to let superstitions 
get them down. “Since most people are right- 
handed, being a lefty is like having a special 
talent,’ says Ned Welch. ` 

“Of course, there are a lot less of us,” Ned 
continues. “But look out, because we’re here 
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He's left-handed actor, 
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The average American 
used about five pounds of 
butter last year. 


The duck-billed dinosaur is 
Montana’s state fossil. 


Last year, Americans 
bought one billion 


A-favorite Valentine's day cards. . 


all-American toy, 
the yo-yo, was 
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U.S. KIDS HELP KIDS AR 


THE WORLD by Jim Lewis 


Something amazing happened at Canyon 
Vista Middle School in Austin, Texas, and at 
Jerusalem Avenue Junior High in North Bell- 
more, New York. The students at these schools 
have never met each other—but suddenly they 
have a lot in common. They helped save lives. 

“Гтп just one girl in a small town,” says Jenni- 
fer Nicoll, 14, of Jerusalem Avenue Junior High. 
“Т almost can’t believe that I did something that 
helped a whole country!" 

Jennifer and thousands of other kids have 
helped people in Africa, South America, Indo- 
nesia, Pakistan and throughout the world. 

It happened about the same time that top rock 
stars were singing “We Are the World" to raise 
millions of dollars for starving people in Africa. 
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records, some unsung heroes—students— were 
holding their own special money-raising events. 
With read-a-thons and fun runs, auctions and 
car washes, kids across the U.S. raised thou- 
sands of dollars to send food and medical sup- 
plies to children in Africa and other countries. 


Saving Lives 

"Many lives have been saved thanks to Ameri- 
can kids. But we have to keep at it," says Vincent 
O'Reilly. He is an official with UNICEF, the 
United Nations Children's Fund. 

UNICEF is just one of many groups sending 
help to Africa. Most people know about the 
“Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF” Halloween drives. 
But UNICEF's work to help children goes on 
around the year—and around the-world. 


Since 1972, Vincent O’Reilly has traveled to 
many of the places where UNICEF provides this 
help. He has been to the Asian nations of 
Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal and Cambodia. Most 
recently, he visited the Sudan in Africa. 

"We traveled by camel to see what conditions 
were like among the Beja Nomadic groups," Mr. 
O'Reilly told CONTACT. Once there he found 
that the lack of rain had destroyed most crops 
and cattle. Many of the men had gone to the city 
to find work. Women and children who stayed 
behind needed food and medical help. 

But, Mr. O'Reilly adds, they needed some- 
thing more. “We have to realize that this is more 
than just a food emergency," says Mr. O'Reilly. 
"It's a health emergency, too. We must take the 
next step in helping them." 


Steps for Health 

What is the next step? It's a program called the 
Child Survival Revolution. UNICEF says this 
program could save the lives of seven million 
children each year in dozens of countries 
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Above: Salt, sugar and water may not be 
everybody’s cup of tea, but they can help infants 
stay healthy. Left: “Weigh Out!” Keeping track of 
a child’s weight is important in good health care. 


“Тһе program is very important for children 
like the ones in the Sudan,” says Mr. O'Reilly. 


· “These children are still growing. They need 


special care." 

The Child Survival Revolution, which begins 
inthe village, teaches parents four ways to keep 
their children healthy. These steps could save 
the lives of 20,000 children a day. 

© The first and most important part of the 
program is very simple. It is a method that keeps 
children from losing too much of the water in 
their bodies. Villagers receive a special mix of 
sugar, salt and water that was developed by doc- 
tors. This mixture is given to children who are 
suffering from diarrhea. It keeps them from 
becoming more seriously ill. The simple method 
has the fancy name of oral rehydration. 

© The second step is to teach parents to regu- 
larly measure their son's or daughter's height 
and weight. The measurements then can be 
compared to the height and weight of other em» 


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Above: Most doctors agree that mother’s milk is 
best for an infant. Below: One small “Ouch!” and 
it’s on the road to good health for this girl in the 
Middle East. Many diseases can be prevented by 
lifesaving shots. 





kids the same age. What if the children are too 
short or too light? Then parents will have an 
early warning that their kids are not getting the 
right foods to grow properly. 

© The third part of the Child Survival Revo- 
lution is infant care. The program encourages 
breast-feeding because it is the best possible 
source of food during the first six months of life. 

© The fourth part of the campaign is making 
sure kids get the right medical shots. When most 
kids in the U.S. are young, they get shots against 
measles, polio and other diseases. By making 
sure children in other countries get these same 
shots, the Child Survival Revolution can help 
prevent many diseases from spreading. 

“The program really can save lives,” says Vin- 
cent O’Reilly. But, he adds, people must under- 
stand that help is needed not just in Africa but 
around the world. “We have to keep caring.” 

The kids at Canyon Vista Middle School and 
Jerusalem Avenue Junior High have made a start 
to help save lives. And because these students 
care, they get something very special in return. 
Just ask Eric Cohen, 13, of North Bellmore, New 
York, or Peggy Currier, 12, of Austin, Texas. 

"Hunger and sickness is a world problem," 
says Eric. “It made me feel very good to be able 
to do something." 

"Helping people is the right thing to do," says 
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“Опсе the kids decided they were going to do 
something to help the people in Africa, every- 
one got involved,” Pat Mueller told CONTACT. 
Ms. Mueller is a sixth grade teacher at Canyon 
Vista Middle School in Austin, Texas. The stu- 
dents organized fun runs, auctions, car washes 
and other events to help to raise money. 

And they weren’t the only ones. Kids in many 
schools around the U.S. are getting involved. 

These kids thought maybe you'd like to get 
involved, too. So they asked us to pass along 
some of their great money-raising ideas: 

Ф Spare-a-bite Kids at Berkely Carroll Street 
School in Brooklyn, New York, skipped junk 
food and donated their snack money. At some 
schools, students even got local businesses to 
match the amount of money raised this way. 

© Mile of Pennies One school in New York 


Students in North Bellmore, NY, 
made and sold pinatas to raise 
money for kids around the world. 


City got students to donate spare 
pennies. Their goal: to get a whole 
mile of pennies! That’s 84,800 pen- 
nies (or $848). 

© Auction At the Jerusalem 
Avenue Junior High, students made 
pinatas. On parents’ night, they 
auctioned the piñatas to the highest 
bidder. Any kind of craft could be 
auctioned this way. 

9 Rent-A-Kid Mowing the lawn, 
washing windows, and vacuuming 
may not be your idea of a wonderful 
job. But the work seemed easy and 
fun for the Canyon Vista kids when they sent 
the money they earned to help other kids. 

Ө Anything-a-thon Have a bike-a-thon, read- 
a-thon, dance-a-thon or any other kind of “thon” 
you can think of. You can get people to donate 
money for every mile you bike, book you read, 
or hour you dance. 

© Fun Run This was a big hit in Austin, 
Texas. Students, teachers, parents—everyone— 
paid to enter the race, then got a T-shirt for 
finishing. 


For More Information 
For more ideas on how to help, write to: 
Group Programs/3-2-1 
The U.S. Committee for UNICEF 
331 East 38th Street 
New York, NY 10016 


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across the ice of Lake Frostfree. 

Today was the last day of the Lake Frostfree 
Ice Fishing Contest. The judge of the contest was 
Mack Arrol, the world famous fisherman. 

This morning, Mack had phoned with an 
urgent plea. Something was wrong at this year’s 
tournament, he had said. Would the Blood- 
hound Gang help him? 

The Gang found Mack at the judge’s booth, a 
small cabin on the steep bank of Lake Frostfree. 

“Mack, you have a case for us?” Vikki asked. 

“You bet I do,” he replied. “Something’s fishy 
around here, and it’s not just what people are 
catching,” Mack said. 

“In the junior division, the biggest fish wins 
first prize, a motorized fishing boat,” Mack 
explained. “Three contestants are still in the 
running—Rose Ann Black, Murphy Sluggs and 
Joey Thurber.” 

“Tell us about them,” Vikki said. 

Murphy Sluggs was always bragging, Mack 
told them. Still, he was a likeable fellow—until 
he began one of his fishing stories, which were 
usually longer than a Moray eel. 

Joey Thurber cast a scientific eye on fishing. 
Joey believed that he could crack the mysteries 
of fishing scientifically. He surrounded him- 


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self with all the latest scientific gear, weather 
gauges, electric socks, thermometers and graph- 
ite fishing poles. 

Mack did not know much about Rose Ann 
Black. She seemed to be a good fisherman, but 
she was a loner. She usually fished by herself in 
some quiet corner of the lake. 

"Yesterday Rose Ann and Murphy each 
caught a bass weighing seven pounds,” Mack 
said. “Joey Thurber hasn’t caught anything yet. 
Somehow, though, he always manages to pull it 
out of his hat, if you know what I mean." 

“Do you think he cheated?” Ricardo asked. 

"I don't know,” Mack admitted. “But today 
Murphy and Rose Ann reported some suspi- 
cious acts." 

Mack said that Rose Ann's line had been cut 
twice. Murphy claimed that a large bass was 
lifted from his bucket while he ate lunch. 


n the Ice 


“Did anything happen to Joey?’ asked Skip. 
“Nothing really," Mack said. 

“Т say it’s time we go meet our freezing fisher- 
men and women,” Vikki said. 

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through the ісе using saws, and many set up 
their lines on a small tripod. A small flag pops 
up on the tripod when a fish is hooked. Then the 
fishermen patiently wait, huddling in small, 
simple huts that they build near their lines. 

At least, that’s how most ice fishermen oper- 
ate. However, Joey’s shed looked like a scientific 
outpost. Weather instruments whirled on the 
roof of the aluminum shed. Joey was inside, 
checking readings on a portable sonar. 

"How's the fishing?” Vikki asked. 

"I haven't put my line in the water yet," ће 
said, turning his attention to a thermometer. 
“You see, the water temperature is not right, and 
the air has too much water moisture in it. And 
besides..." He paused and looked at them. 

“Апа besides what?" Ricardo asked. 

" And besides, I forgot my bait today," he said 
with a frown. 

"I don't suppose you know anything about 
some cut fishing lines," Vikki said. 

Joey gave her an odd look. “Мо, it doesn't 
mention that in any of my books. But don't you 
worry. With all this equipment, I’m sure to catch 
the biggest fish. You can bet on it." 

"Hmm, I'm sure," Vikki replied. “Good luck." 

“Thanks,” he said, turning back to his 
thermometer. 

Vikki, Skip and Ricardo left. 

"What do you think?" Ricardo asked. 

“I think we should keep an eye on him," Vikki 
said. "Skip, you stay here and watch him. I'll go 
have a chat with Murphy. Ricardo, why don't 
you go check out Rose Ann?" 

Ricardo walked toward Rose Ann's small 
lean-to. It was located on a cove far back from 
the other fishermen. As he neared it, he froze 
dead in his tracks. Before him stood Rose Ann. 
She looked angry. And she was waving a large, 
shiny knife. 


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"Don't do it!" Ricardo screamed, ducking 
his head. 

"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you," the girl 
said. “I’ve just about had it, that's all. This is the 
third time today that someone has cut my line." 

"Are you Rose Ann Black?" Ricardo asked. 

“That’s right," Rose Ann said. “I went inside 
my shelter for a second to get out of the wind. 





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When 1 came back out, one of my lines had been 
cut. I found this knife lying next to my reel,” she 
said, handing the knife to Ricardo. 

"I know it's either Murphy or Joey who is 
doing this," she continued. “I’m going to report 
them to Mack and have them disqualified. Will 
you watch my other line while I’m gone?" 

“You bet I will," Ricardo said. 

Ricardo walked to her hut. When he got there 
he noticed the flag had popped on her line. That 
meant that a fish was on the hook. 

He hesitated for a second, then grabbed the 
rod and began fumbling with the reel. He had 
fished many times before, but had never seen 
a reel like this before. The crank was on the 
wrong side. 

“Help! Rose Ann!" he yelled. You've got a 
whale on this line!" 

Rose Ann turned and ran toward him. He also 
saw Vikki running in his direction. 

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Rose Ann grabbed the rod from him and pulled 
the fish through the ice. The fish seemed almost 
lifeless. Rose Ann quickly unhooked it and 
placed it in a cooler. 

“That thing’s as big as a Buick!” Ricardo 
exclaimed. “You’re sure to win the contest.” 

"Murphy just caught a big fish, too," Vikki 
said. “But it wasn't nearly this big." 

"She was lucky to catch this at all," Ricardo 
said. “Just five minutes ago, someone cut her 
line with this knife." 

He handed the knife to Vikki. She looked at 


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fish of yours." 

"What did you find out from Murphy?" 
Ricardo whispered to Vikki as they walked 
to the judging stand. 

“That guy could bend an ear of corn with all 
his talking," Vikki said. “But when it comes to 
fishing, he seems to know his stuff. I didn't 
notice anything suspicious." 


ollow That Carp! 


When they reached the judging station, 
Murphy was there with his latest catch. 
The scale tipped at 95 pounds. 

"I knew it, I knew it," Murphy beamed. “Of 
course it's not nearly as big as the one that got 
away. I was standing..." 

"Please, Murphy, spare us," moaned Mack. 
"Rose Ann, let's see what you caught." 

Rose Ann placed her fish on the scale. The 
scale swung to 13 pounds. Mack let out a whis- 
tle. For once, Murphy had nothing to say. 

“That’s almost a record for this lake," Mack 
said. "I haven't seen a bass this big come out of 
Lake Frostfree in a long time." 

Mack studied the fish closely. A puzzled look 
crossed his face. 

“Тп fact, this fish didn't come from this lake at 
all. This is a striped bass. There are no striped 
bass in this lake." 

"What?" exclaimed Ricardo. “But I helped her 
reel it in." 

“You might have helped reel it in, but 
someone brought this fish from the ocean," 
Mack said. 

"How could a salt water fish stay alive in fresh 
water?" Vikki asked. 

"That's easy," Mack said. “Striped bass spawn 
each year in fresh water. So being in fresh water 
for a while wouldn't harm it. And the ocean's 
only 10 miles away from here." 

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put that fish on my line to have me disquali- 
fied,” she said. “It must have been the same рег- 
son who cut my line with this knife—either 
Murphy or that nut Joey." 

Now Vikki stepped up. You're right, Rose 
Ann,” she said. “But that person happens to 
be you." 

"Me?" Rose Ann said. 

"Mack, look closely at this knife," Vikki said, 
handing it to Mack. You'll notice it's a left- - 
handed knife. The sharp side is on the opposite 
side from the knives that most people use. I also 
noticed that Rose Ann has the only reel set up 
for a left-handed person. That's why you had 
trouble reeling in that fish, Ricardo." 

Rose Ann hung her head in shame. “Okay, I 
admit it. Y-you see, I'm tired of never winning a 
fishing contest. And I'm sick of all the boys tell- 
ing me I’m а lousy fisherman. I decided to show 
them once and for all." 

"That means Гуе won!" Murphy shouted. At 
that moment, Skip and Joey Thurber arrived. 
Joey was hauling a fish on a rope. He plopped it 
on the scale. The scale tipped 11 pounds. 

Murphy groaned. He had lost. 

"How did you catch it?" Murphy asked. 

“T used pure science," declared Joey. 

"That's right, I saw him,” Skip said. “When 
the temperature was right, and the wind was 
right, Joey put his line in the water. He snagged 
an old boot and reeled it in. The fish was 
inside!" 

“I guess that makes it some variety of sole," 
Vikki said. 

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to stop it was to freeze it! It was—The Invasion 


of the Ladybug!!! 


It sounds like a monster movie, but it hap- 


pened at a photo studio in Dallas, Texas. It all 


started when the engineers at Texas Instruments 
wanted to show how small a microchip is. 

Texas Instruments is the company that in- 
vented the semiconductor—the electronic mar- 
vel that makes microchips possible. Without the 
microchip, microcomputers, hand calculators, 
and dozens of other products wouldn't exist. 

But when the folks at Texas Instruments 
wanted to show how small a chip is, they 
needed a little help. And what could be smaller 
than your friendly neighborhood ladybug. So 
they decided to place a bug in each photo. That 
would show just how tiny the chips are. 

But there were some—um-— “bugs” in their 
plans. First, the photographers had to get lady- 
bugs in the middle of winter. They had to order 
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take a photo? You don’t. Every time the photog- 
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model would crawl away. Finally, the engineers 
found a real cool solution to the problem. They 
froze the ladybug! 

The first four photos were made with a regular 
camera and lens. To make the last two, the pho- 
tographer had to use a special kind of micro- 
scope called an electron scanning microscope. 

In the first photo, you can see the ladybug Ше- 
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under the ladybug's leg? They are the computer's 
memory cells. Each can hold an electric charge. 
That's how a computer stores information. 

In the last photo, you can see how really tiny 
the conductors on a chip are. They're smaller 
than the hair on a ladybug's leg! This photo is 
3,600 times life size! The curved objects are the 
hairs on the ladybug’s leg. The thick yellow 
lines are the chip's conductors. They act like 
wires and carry the signals through the chip. 
Each conductor is only 2.7 microns wide. That's 
about 100 millionths of an inch! 

No wonder they call them microchips! So if 
someone should ever bug you with a question 
about how small a chip is, you'll know the an- 
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Behind your forehead апа ђе- 
tween your ears you find. . . 
your brain! From seven months 
before you’re born to the day 
you die, the cells in your brain 
are hard at work. 

The brain is the control room 
for everything you do. Want to 
take a walk? You need your 
brain. Remember to breathe in? 
Gotta have a brain. Read? Cry? 
Without your brain, you 
couldn’t do anything. 





Meet Your Brain 


The day you’re born, your brain weighs about 

12 ounces. By the time you’re an adult, it’s ир. 
to three pounds. How does something only three 
pounds heavy get all those different jobs done? 


By specializing. The different parts of your brain | 


аге always working together. But each also does 
its own, very specialized, things. 

The cerebrum (seh-REE-brum), the biggest part 
of all, is your think tank. It’s the top and front 
part of your brain. The cerebrum is wrinkly and 
gray, the part most people think of as “the 
brain.” It is also divided into a right and left part, 
called, sensibly, the right and left halves. (You 
can find out more about this on the next page.) 

In the cerebrum, you put thoughts together, 
make up ideas, and make sense of what other 
people tell you. You’re using your cerebrum 
right now to read this sentence. 

The cerebellum (seh-ruh-BELL-um) is your in- 
formation bank. It is located at the back of your 
head. A lot like a computer, the cerebellum 
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CEREBRUM 


learned. Then you can do them in 
a second. That’s why you don’t have 
to think, “Okay, I move my right foot, 
then my left, then my right” —you say, 
“Ттп going for a walk.” The cerebellum takes 
care of things like eating, reading, tying your 
shoes and playing the guitar. 

The medulla (meh-DULL-uh) is your auto- 
matic pilot. This small part is found right next 
to where your spinal cord enters the brain. It 
works on the things you did without ever learn- 
ing. It keeps you breathing, swallowing, even 
sneezing. It makes sure your food gets digested 
and keeps your heart beating around the clock. 


Get the Message? 


Inside your brain are over 10 billion cells. 
(Yikes!) Each cell has hundreds of branches which 
lead to branches of other cells. Messages travel 
on these branches to different parts of your brain. 
It’s something like the way electricity moves 
along wires. 





As а message gets close to the 
end of one cell branch, it finds itself at 
a tiny empty space. This is called a 
synapse (SIN-aps). To get to the new 
branch, the message must jump over 
the synapse and land on the other 
side. This happens billions of times 
a day, without your being aware of it. 

Information comes into the brain 
and actions are sent out. How? That all 
depends. There are special nerves 
bringing information to the brain. 
They tell you when it’s cold out, 
when your cat is rubbing against you, 
or when your ribs are being tickled. 
They are called sensory nerves. 
Other kinds of nerves handle 
action. They send orders from the 
brain back to the body. They com- 
mand you to shiver, pet your cat, or 
giggle like a fool. These ordering 
nerves are called motor nerves. 


——— Left, Right, Left, Right 
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left? Well, in the last few years, 
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One side of the brain is usually а 

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brain handles the way you talk and 
other word skills like reading. The 
right side seems to be concerned 
with other things, including music | 
and art talent. | 

How did we find this out? Doctors 
noticed that when someone had an 
injury on only one side of the cere- 
brum, she would only lose some of 
her abilities. For example, a person 
whose left brain was hurt couldn't 
talk well, but could recognize 
friends and hear music. 

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aren't sure. But they're doing re- 
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Brain Teaser #1 
Have a friend hold her arms out 
straight, with the back of the hands 
touching. Then put her right hand 
over her left and have her clasp 
fingers. Then bring her clapsed 
hands towards her until they look 
like the picture at right. 

Now point (Don’t touch!) to one 
of your friend’s fingers and ask her 
to move or wiggle it. Point to several. 
Did she get any of them right, or did 
she keep moving the wrong fingers? 
Now have her try it on you. 

It looks simple, right? But it can 
be difficult because your brain is not 
sure what’s going on. It’s hard to tell 
which finger is which. With practice, 
your friend will guess right, but the 


first few times her brain will be 
boggled. 


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Brain Teaser 72 
The brain does everything so fast 
you might think it doesn’t even 
pause. But all information has to get 
there before you do something, and 
that takes time, no matter how little 
it is. Try this experiment on a friend, 
and you'll see what we mean. 

Hold a dollar bill the long way be- 
tween your friend's thumb and 
second finger. Make sure his hand 
is around the middle of the dollar. 
Tell him you are going to drop the 
dollar. Say that when you do, he's 
got to grab it. Witheut saying when, 
drop the dollar. Did he catch the bill 
before it fell to the floor? 

It takes time for your friend to see 
you drop the bill, and more time for 
him to grab it. In those moments, the 
message goes from his eyes to his 
brain. Then the brain sends a mess- 
age back to his hand: “GRAB IT!” If 
your friend is like most people, he 
won't be quite fast enough. 


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knows. Some people 
are “smart” in math, 


is the key to intelligence, but no 
one’s been able to figure out exactly 
what makes people smart and smarter. — 
Scientists do know that the weight and size 
of the human brain don't have anything to do 
with smarts. Some scientists think it's the num- 
ber of synapses (remember? the spaces between 
brain cell branches) a person has that makes her 
smart. Others think it may be the speed with 


which a person makes connections. But it's still 


a mystery for now. 


Smart Kids 


Some kids at a very early age are able to do 
things normal kids twice as old can’t do. These 
kids are called prodigies (PROD-dih-jees). Some 
play advanced games of chess at age six. Others 
write music or solve math problems normally 
done only by smart adults. 


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Wolfgang Mozart is probably the most famous 
child prodigy. He lived in Europe in the 1700s. 
By the time he was three, little Wolfgang could 
play three instruments. He wrote very complex 
music before he was five. At age six, he was 
giving concerts all over Europe! 

There are modern-day prodigies, too. Former 
chess champion Bobby Fischer was one of the 
world’s best players by the time he was 12. 


Dumb Kid 


Not all geniuses start out as geniuses. Ever hear 
of Albert Einstein? Albert was a real problem as 
a kid. He didn’t speak until he was three years 
old. He didn’t say very much even up to age 
nine. His parents were afraid for a while that he 
might even be retarded, or a “slow” child. He 
was very shy. So who would have thought that 
he'd some day be one of the world's greatest 
geniuses? | 

When Einstein died іп 1955, many people 
thought the answer to his genius might be in his 
brain. So it was taken from his body and studied 
by scientists. Though many tests have been done 
on it, no one has discovered anything unusual 
about it. It may be that the secret of his genius 
can’t be found in his brain. 

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Dinner Is 
Served 


by Ellen Weiss 


Everybody in the world does not eat cheeseburgers. 
Generally, people eat what they can find where they 
live. For instance: 


Wild Animals When big 
game was more plentiful 
in Africa, marrow from 
the bones of giraffes was 
one of the most prized 
delicacies. Another 
lovely dish was hippo 
lard (or fat), which is 
supposed to be sweet 
enough to eat raw. 









Iguanas An iguana is a 
large lizard found in the 
tropics of North and 
South America. It lives 
in trees and is three to 
six feet long. Iguanas are 
sold live in the markets 
of South America. The 
back is supposed to be 
the best part. Some peo- 
ple say it tastes like 
chicken. 


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Kangaroo Food is dif- 
ficult to come by for the 
Aborigines of Australia. 
When a kangaroo is 
caught, it's time to cel- 
ebrate. The kangaroo is 
thrown whole into a 
roasting-pit while 
everyone stands around 
and waits. After the 
kangaroo has been 
cooked a little, the feast 
begins. 





Fugu If you like to live 
dangerously, you can go 
to Japan and try some 
fugu. This is a kind of 
blowfish which has a 
deadly poison in parts 
of its body. It's sup- 
posed to taste great, and 
millions of people try it 
each year. Their fugu 
must be cleaned and 
prepared by cooks with 
a special license. Even 
so, 200 people die every 
year. 





Eggs Іп China, Thou- 
sand Year Eggs are a 
great treat before a meal. 
They are usually raw 
duck eggs which are 
buried in a special kind 
of clay—not for a thou- 
sand years, but for about 
eight weeks. When they 
are dug up, the outsides 
are black. The insides 
should be bright blue 
and green, and firm. 
They taste slightly fishy. 


Snails and Roses In 
France, a country known 
the world over for its 
great cooking, a favorite 
dish is snails. They are 
served in their shells 
with butter and garlic. 
And in the same meal 
with your snails, you 
might be served candied 
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Insects Insects live al- 


most everywhere, and 
can provide a lot of 
nourishment. In South- 
east Asia, one can find 
red ant soup. In some 
countries, people eat 
locusts. In Kenya, Af- 
rica, children collect 
flying termites after it 
rains. They eat some and 
stuff the rest into tin cans. 





Alligators A few years 
ago, the American alli- 
gator was an endangered 
animal. Now the meat of 
these cuddly creatures is 
turning up on the 
menus of fancy restau- 
rants in certain parts of 
the United States. Alli- 
gators are raised on 
farms. Their meat is low 
on fat and supposed to 
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Who invented robots? A robot is a 


machine that can imitate human actions and do work 
that used to be done by people. Nowadays, robots 
work in factories, offices and homes. 

Lots of people helped to invent all the parts that are 
used to build modern robots. But the people respon- 
sible for putting it all together are Joe Engleberger and 
George Duval. 

Engleberger is often called the “father of robotics." 
He grew up reading all the science fiction he could 
find. Engleberger's favorite character was always 
the robot. 

Engleberger was working on a design for a robot 
when he met Duval. Duval was another scientist who 
had already designed a robot. They started working 
together and have built most of the robots used in the 
U.S. today. 

Question sent in Бу Tom Martin, New York, NY. 


Written by Cynthia Jabs 





Do jellyfish really have 
jelly in them? No way. The kind 
y 


of jelly you put on sandwiches is made 
from fruits and sugar. You won’t find 
either of those ingredients in a jellyfish. 
They’re called jellyfish because they 
look like big blobs of jelly as they float in 
the water. 

Jellyfish are unusual sea creatures. The 
main part of their body (the bell) is a clear, 
soft ball that is shaped like an open 
umbrella. Underneath, jellyfish have sev- 
eral long tentacles with poison stingers. 

Most of the jellyfish you might run into 
at the beach are only a few inches wide. 
But some kinds can grow to be huge. The 
Portuguese man о” war is the biggest of all 


jellyfish. It has a bell that can be six feet 


wide. And its tentacles can reach 120 feet in 
length. That’s one jellyfish that sure isn’t 
sweet. 

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What are calories? 4 calorie measures heat 
energy. That’s the energy that comes from burning up the 
food you eat. 

Your body releases energy from food to keep you 
going. The amount of energy your body has available 
depends on the amount of calories in the food you eat. 

A high-calorie piece of fried chicken will supply more 
energy to your body than a low-calorie stick of celery. 

The amount of calories in the food you eat can be a 
weighty problem. Your body needs a certain amount of 
food energy to keep you going. If you don’t eat 
enough food calories to give your body the fuel it 
needs, your body steals the fuel from itself. It burns 
away your fat and you get thinner. 

But if you put in more food calories than your 
body can use each day, your body stores away the 
extra as fat. And too much fat isn’t a good thing! 

Question sent in by Christi Mays, Goldthwaite, TX. 





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bod worth? Your priceless body is 
actually a bargain. Your body has about 20 dif- 
ferent chemicals in it. For instance, there’s 
enough iron to make a one-inch nail. But 
chemically speaking, you're pretty ordinary. 

About two-thirds of your weight is water. So 
your body contains lots of hydrogen and oxy- 
gen. There are also elements like carbon, nitro- 
gen, calcium and phosphorus, among others. 

АП of these chemicals make up your living 
cells. These cells are the building blocks of 
your body. Some cells have more of some ele- 
ments, less of others. Red blood cells have lots 
of iron. But bone cells are bigger on calcium. 

If you were to buy chemicals similar to 
those that make up your body, you probably 
wouldn't even need a dollar. But don't worry. 
You may be cheap stuff chemically, but to 
your family and friends—you’re worth a lot! 
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Ready for more excitement from around 
the world? Then here’s a special EXTRA! 
just for you. 


Have a Ball! 


Children all over the world love to play 
games with balls. In Afghanistan—a · 
nation in Asia—kids play a game called 
“ПоотКеерег.” All you need to play is a 
rubber ball and a group of kids. 

How you play: 

Players should stand in a circle with 
their legs spread apart and their feet touch- 
ing their neighbors’ feet. One player stands 
in the middle of the circle and must roll 
the ball through the legs of one of the play- 
ers in the circle. That player tries to stop 
the ball by quickly moving his feet 
together. If the ball sneaks through, the 
player in the outer circle is out. The last 
one left is the winner. “Doorkeeper”’ 
is an a-door-able game! 


Fantastic Figures 

Want to try your hand at some fancy art- 
work? Try this: Draw a figure in one con- 
tinuous line. (We’ve drawn one to get you 
started.) You can’t pick up the pen at all 
and you’re not allowed to trace over the 
same line again. You just might have more 
trouble than you think “figuring” out these 
figures. | 





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Write Away 
Now’s your chance to make a friend in 

another country. For a list of groups that 
will help you get in touch with a pen pal, 
just send a stamped, self-addressed enve- 
lope to: Information Center on 

Children’s Cultures 

U.S. Committee for UNICEF 

331 E. 38th St. 

New York, NY 10016 


Be sure to send a note asking for their 
pen pal list. 


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Lefty Power! 


Lefties—at last a contest made for you. 
You’ve heard about left-handed scissors. 
Well, here’s your chance to invent your 
own nifty lefty gadget. But this contest 
isn’t for lefties only. Righties can write in 
too! Design a lefty contraption and tell us 
all about it. We’ll choose our favorites. 
The inventors of the best will receive 
CONTACT T-shirts. Send your 
entries to: 

Not Left Out 

3-2-1 CONTACT 
P.O. Box 599 

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Our programming Challenge #15 asked you 
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maze on this page. It was created bya program you win Challenge #15. And here is his crazy 
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Тһе Commodore Amiga 


Two New Computers 


Come To Town After a long 
dry spell, suddenly,there are two 


exciting new computers on the mar- 


ket. One is the Commodore Amiga 
and the other is the Atari 520ST. 
Both of them are home computers 
that can also handle business pro- 
grams. Both use the very latest 
hardware and software. And both 
cost less than other computers with 
the sàme power. 

The Amiga sells for $1,295. For 
that price you get a 256K computer, 
keyboard, disk drive and mouse. 
The Amiga has more razzle-dazzle 
color and sound than any other 
computer in its class. That's 
because of its three special chips 
which control sound, graphics and 
animation. These three chips are 
like three additional processors. 
With them, the Amiga can create 
animation, detailed color pictures 
and music. They also make the 
Amiga a great game machine. 

The new Atari is priced at $799. 
For that, you get similar hardware 


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to the Amiga. The 520ST comes 
with 512K of RAM, a keyboard, disk 
drive and mouse. Like the Amiga, 
the Atari displays color and can be 
used with a home television. With- 
out the Amiga’s special chips, the 
Atari is not as powerful a machine. 
But it has good sound and color. 
Since both computers are brand 
new, there is not a lot of software 
available for them. The Amiga has 
one advantage—later this year 
you'll be able to buy an adapter to 
let you run IBM software on it. 
There’s a lot more to these two 
computers that we don’t have room 
to tell you about. But the most 
important news is: If you’re in the 
market for a medium-priced com- 
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stripware? It’s a brand new way of 
buying and saving software and it 
comes on—paper! 

A piece of stripware is just a piece 
of paper with funny looking black 
and white markings on it. Those 
markings are a code for a game or 
other software program. With a 
special device called a Softstrip 
Reader, that code can be translated 
into a program in the memory of a 
home computer. And once it’s in 
your computer, you can save that 
program on a disk. 

With stripware, you can copy 
programs without typing. Just tear 
the page out of a magazine or book 
and run it through the reader. And if 
you own а printer, you can print 
your own stripware to store or to 
mail to friends. 

Stripware is being sold by the 
Cauzin Company. The reader sells 
for $200 and will be available for 
Apple П and IBM computers. 






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Happy New Year, all you crazed 
computer kiddies! Are you ready 
for another year of silliness and 
silicon chips? I don’t know about 
the rest of you, but I can’t think of a 
better way to start off 1986 than by 
answering a couple of questions. 

The first question of the year 
comes from our nation’s capital. 
(That's Washington, D.C. for every- 
one who failed geography.) 

Joseph Holtzman, 14, asks: 


What is a RAM disk? What com- 
puters use it and how can I get one? 


Joseph, disk is de answer to your 
question. A RAM disk isn't really a 
disk at all. It's part of your com- 
puter's Random Access Memory 
(RAM) that has been programmed 
to act like a disk. 

To understand this, imagine that 
your computer's memory has been 
divided in half. One half acts the 
way it normally does-it is the area 
where your programs or software 
run. The other half now acts like a 
storage area—just like a disk. When 
it's time for your program to store 
data on a disk, it stores it in this half 
of RAM. 

Storing information in RAM is 
much faster than writing on a disk, 
because the information is moved 
electronically. There are no moving 


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can avoid long waits while you 

are working: When you turn your 
computer off, everything on your 
RAM disk will disappear. So most 
of the time, you will want to transfer 
the data from your RAM disk to 

a real disk before you shut down. 

You can buy software that will 
create a RAM disk in your com- 
puter. But you’ll need a computer 
with a large amount of memory— 
usually 512K. 

Speaking of memory, let’s see if I 
can remember the answer to our 
next question, which is from Jeffery 
Vilenski, 12, of Pittsford, New York. 
Jeffery wants to know: 


What is public domain software? 


Jeffery, public domain software is 
any program that is not copy- 
righted. It can be copied and used 
by anyone. Sometimes it is free. But 
many sources of public domain 
software charge for copying and 
shipping. 

To find public domain software 
for your computer, get in touch with 
a computer-users' group in your 
area. Or write to the company that 
made your computer. 

While Jeffery copies down that 


information the rest of us can move 


on to the next computer question. 


This óne is from Phillip Truesdale, 
13, of Naperville, Illinois. Phillip 
asks: 


Why did the first computers take 
up so much room? 


Phillip, you could fit the answer 
to your question on the tip of your 
finger. No, it's not a fingernail, it's 
the silicon microchip. 

The original electronic com- 
puters were built in the 1940's and 
'50's before the silicon chip was 
invented. They contained tens of 
thousands of vacuum tubes like the 
kind in old-fashioned radios and 
TVs. Instead of microscopic circuits 
etched in a tiny chip, they held 
miles of wiring. 

And speaking of room, we don't 
have any more! (Unless you have 
the microchip edition of this maga- 
zine in which case you have 
345,261 more pages to read.) But 
don't worry, I'll be back next issue. 
In the meantime, if you have any 
computer questions, send them to 
me at: The Slipped Disk Show 

3-2-1 Contact Magazine 
1 Lincoln Plaza 
New York, NY 10023 


See ya! 


Every Ground Hog Day Slipped Disk 


takes a rodent to lunch. 


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The Воду In Focus 
_ (CBS, Apple II, $40; also for 
Commodore 64 and IBM PC/PCjr) 


This program lets you explore 
the workings of the human body. 
But it’s not a dull biology lesson. It 
really leaves the exploring to you 
—you Can see what you want, 
when you want to see it. 

You can learn about eight major 
body systems like the skeleton or 
the nervous system. Animated 
color graphics display such things 
as how you breathe and digest 
food. But you can also look at the 
whole body, peeling away one 
layer at a time. 

The Body in Focus uses a spe- 
cial overlay for the keyboard 
which makes it very easy to 
operate. 


BEN me Wrap-Up io- —. 
Bill: I found this enjoyable, but it 
wasn't as powerful as The Body 
Transparent (by DesignWare). 
Still, that program is in black and 
white. The Body in Focus is in 
color and looks a lot better. 

Phil: And The Body in Focus has 
a better menu system. I would 
recommend it over The Body 
Transparent. 


paeviese- 


by Phil Wiswell and Bill Gillette 


Treasure Island 
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(Windham Classics, Commodore 64, 
$27; also for IBM PC/PGjr) 





The Windham Classics series of 
text/graphics adventure games has 
always thrilled us. That's really 
something when you consider that 
they have to live up to some of the 
world's greatest adventure stories. 
Treasure Island is no exception. 

You play the part of the hero, 
Jim Hawkins. Your goal is to get 
information from a crew that 
includes Long John Silver, Billy 
Bones and Captain Smollett. Then 
you must locate the buried trea- 
sure before the other characters 
do. You know from the start that 
Smollett is your friend and will 
help you. But even if you've read 
the book, you won't be quite sure 
what to make of Long John Silver 
or Ben Gunn. Are they friend or 
enemy? Only experience in the 
game will tell you. 

The small pictures that go along 
with the text help set the mood. 
You don't have to use them and 
the game.will run faster if you turn 
them off—a big plus. The text is 
very enjoyable and well written, 
and you can use about 250 words 
to play. 


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Bill: Everything from the graphics 
to the story lives up to Windham's 
high standards. But I found it a bit 
more difficult than some of their 
other games. 

Phil: Really? I think of Treasure 
Island as a beginner's level adven- 
ture, especially with the on-screen 
help window of available com- 
mand words. 


The Newsroom: Clip 
Art Collection Vol. 1 


| 700 чс “= үч ый” Ae as. 
(Springboard, Apple II, $30; also for 
the Commodore 64, and IBM PC/PCjr) 


The Print Shop 
Graphics Library: 
Disk 2 


(Broderbund, Apple II, $25; also 
for Commodore 64, IBM РС/РОјг 
and Atari) 


Both of these disks are add-ons 
to other programs: The Newsroom 
and The Print Shop. These new 
disks have extra pictures and sym- 
bols that you can use to make 
greeting cards, banners, etc. 

The Newsroom comes with 
more than 600 pieces of “пеуу5- 
paper" art and this new disk adds 
another 600. If you are serious 
about writing a newsletter with 
text and graphics, then you'll want 
the extra drawings. But if you just 
use Newsroom from time to time, 
then the new disk seems like a 
waste of money. 

The Print Shop comes with only 
120 graphics, so this new disk is 
really needed. Disk 2 contains 120 
new images. 


sec oum Wrep-Up stes - m 
Phil: I love working with graphics, 
especially printing them out to 
give to friends. I would really use 
both of these disks. But I need the 
disk for the Print Shop more than 
the one for The Newsroom. 

Bill: I like the two pages of helpful 
hints that come with the Clip Art 
Collection. A nice touch. 





On Track 


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(GameStar, Commodore 64, $30) 


Gamestar has created some won- 
derful two-player sports games 
during the past few years, but this 
is not one of them. On Track is a 
one or two-player car race that is 
neither new nor appealing. 

There are six different race 
courses. Each is displayed on a 
single screen from overhead. You 
don't get much detail and the 
tracks are pretty simple. 

But our biggest objection is that 
the cars behave more like space- 
ships than drag racers. This is not 
our idea of how gravity works. 


mco Wrap-U раена 
Phil: The one good thing about On 
Track is that you can race two cars 
at once. The second is controlled 
by either the computer or a friend. 
Bill: It does have a decent variety 
of tracks, but On Track runs out of 
“gas” compared to other race 
games. 


Project: Space Station 
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(HesWare, Commodore 64, $40) 


Project: Space Station is a lot of 
fun to play—but it's not a game. 
This software lets you design, 
build, launch and operate your 
own space station. There is no 
time limit, no score and no single 
best way to play. And there are 
more than 40 projects you can try 
once your station is operating. 

Because Project: Space Station 
is so much like a real-life space 
mission, it takes quite a bit of time 
and work just to leave Earth. First 
you must design your station. You 
have to keep within your budget 
when choosing equipment and 
crew. You select your launch date 
based on weather conditions. 
Finally you must fly into orbit. 

Once you're in space, you have 
to build your station from the 
material you brought along. If 
you're successful, you can return 
to Earth for more missions. 


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Bill: I think it’s an excellent pro- 
gram because it.explains what 
happens in the space shuttle with- 
out going into too much detail. 
You can learn as you play. 

Phil: A lot of airplane and space 
shuttle simulations are boring and 
hard to use. This one is not, since 
it has wonderful graphics and easy 
controls. 


Sherlock Holmes in 
"Another Bow’ | 


(Bantam/Imagic, IBM PC/PCjr, $40; 
also for Apple II, Macintosh, and 
Commodore 64) 


This graphics/text adventure is 
set on the decks of the luxury 
ocean liner SS Destiny just after 
the end of World War I. You 
couldn’t ask for a more interesting 
passenger list: inventors Henry 
Ford and Thomas Edison, artist 
Pablo Picasso, and musician Louis 
Armstrong. Just talking to them is 
great fun. 

But it’s the mystery that makes 
this game— six different mys- 
teries, in fact. As the aging but still 
brilliant Sherlock Holmes, you 
must solve each case by poking 
about the ship, following suspects 
and talking to everyone. Of course, 
you've got the help of Dr. Watson 
at all times. 

The graphics are very good. And 
you can use about 2,000 words! As 
you might guess, this is a difficult 
adventure, about two steps above 
Treasure Island. 


Wrap-Up 
Bill: This game makes Treasure 
Island seem simple, which it isn't. 
I find playing the part of Sherlock 
Holmes very enjoyable. 

Phil: I can't remember an adven- 
ture game with such a large vocab- 


ulary that l've enjoyed as much as 


this one. The mysteries are chal- 
lenging and very well written. 





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Star Chat 


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Apple, Atari, Commodore 64, IBM 
PC/jr, TI 99/4A 





Have you seen “E.T.” 25 times? 
Is your favorite phrase “Phone 
Home?” If so, this program is just 
for you. And even if you're not 
an E.T. nut, you still might be 
interested in talking to an extra- 
terrestrial. 

Of course, we're not saying you 
can really turn your home computer 
into an interstellar telephone, but 
Star Chat is still a lot of fun. When 
you run the program, you have to 
wait a few seconds while your 
transmitter warms up. Then get 
ready to see and hear a message 
from another planet. 

Our alien friends are polite. They 
will stop and let you reply to them. 
When you've caught up on all the 
latest cosmic gossip, just type 
"BYE" and they'll hang up. 

Right now the program only 
checks for the word “BYE.” But you 
can add lines to make it respond to 
other words. What would happen if 
you said “NO” to an alien? Or 
"ЕЗ?" 

Тһе idea for Star Chat was trans- 
mitted to us by Gary Sunada, 12, of 
Sun Valley, California. Below are 
versions of Star Chat for five differ- 
ent home computers. Find the one 
for your machine and start talking! 


Apple 


HOME 

FOR AD = 770 TO 790 

READ BYTE 

POKE AD,BYTE 

NEXT AD 

DATA 173,48,192,136,208,5,20, 
6,1, 3,240,9,202,208,245,174,0,3, 
76,2,3,96 

HOME : УТАВ 12 

PRINT "PREPARE TO RECEIVE 
ALIEN TRANSMISSION" 


K=32 


FOR J= 50 TO 17 STEP -1 
GOSUB 300 


B - INT(RND(1)*80 + 1) 
GOSUB 230 

VTAB 20: HTAB 1 
PRINT "WHAT IS YOUR REPLY?” 
INPUT R$ 

IF R$ — "BYE" THEN 210 
GOTO 130 

B —5: GOSUB 230 

END 

FOR A=1TOB- 
J=INT(RND(1)*45 + 20) 
K=INT(RND(1)*45 + 20) 
PRINT CHR$ (K); 
GOSUB 300 

NEXTA 

RETURN 

POKE 768,J 

POKE 769,K 

CALL 770: RETURN 


Atari 


5 — DIMR$(100) 

10 PRINT CHR$(125) 

20 PRINT "PREPARE TO RECEIVE 
ALIEN TRANSMISSION" 

30  FORS-255 ТО 1 STEP -1 

40 SOUND 2,S,10,7 

50 NEXTS 

60 PRINT CHR$(125) 

70  B-INT(RND(1)*80- 1) 

80 GOSUB 200 

90 POSITION 1,12 

PRINT “WHAT'S YOUR REPLY?" 

INPUT R$ 

IF R$ = "BYE" THEN 140 

GOTO 60 

B=5:GOSUB 200 

PRINT :END 

FOR A=1TOB 

S = INT(RND(1)*255) 

SOUND 2,8,12,7 

L- INT(RND(1)*80) 

PRINT CHR$(L); 

FORD =1 ТО 50:NEXT D 

SOUND 2,0,0,0 

МЕХТА 

RETURN 


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PRINT CHR$(147) 

S= 54272 

FORL=STOS+ 24 

POKE L,@:NEXT L 
POKES+5,9:POKES + 6,0 
POKE 5 + 24,15 

POKE 53281,7 

PRINT “PREPARE TO RECEIVE 
ALIEN TRANSMISSIONS” 
FOR H = 20 TO 105 STEP 5 
GOSUB 500: NEXT H 
PRINT CHR$(147) 

B - INT(RND(1)*80 + 1) 
GOSUB 400 

PRINT:PRINT 


PRINT "WHAT IS YOUR REPLY?" 


INPUT R$ 

IF R$ = "BYE" THEN 190 
GOTO 110 
B=6:GOSUB400 

PRINT: END 
FORA=1TOB 
H=INT(RND(1)*35 + 1) 
GOSUB 500 

PRINT CHR$(H + 85); 
NEXT A 

RETURN 

POKE S + 1,H:POKE 5,177 
POKE S + 4,33 

FOR D=1 TO 60:МЕХТ D 
POKE 5 + 4,32 

RETURN 


90 


WIDTH 40 

SCREEN 0: CLS 

SOUND ON 

RANDOMIZE TIMER 

PRINT "PREPARE TO RECEIVE 
ALIEN TRANSMISSION" 

FOR 5 = 200 ТО 1200 STEP 10 
SOUND $,2 

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B -INT(RND*80- 1) 
GOSUB 210 

LOCATE 12,1 | 
PRINT "WHAT IS YOUR REPLY?” 
INPUT R$ 

IF R$ = “BYE” THEN 180 
GOTO 100 

В=5 

GOSUB 210 

LOCATE 17,1:END 

FOR A= 1000 TO 1000+ B 
SOUND INT(RND* A) + 60,2 
R=INT(RND*255 + 1) 
LOCATE,,0 

PRINT CHR$(R); 
FORI-1TO50:NEXTI 
NEXT A 

RETURN 


TI 99/4A 





RANDOMIZE 

CALL CLEAR 

PRINT "PREPARE TO RECEIVE 
ALIEN TRANSMISSION" 
FOR S — 150 TO 700 STEP 10 
CALL SOUND(A40,S,13) 
NEXT 5 

CALL CLEAR 

B - INT(RND*80) +1 
GOSUB 200 

PRINT 

PRINT “WHAT'S YOUR REPLY?" 
INPUT R$ 

IF R$ = "BYE" THEN 140 
GOTO 60 

В-5 

GOSUB 200 

PRINT 

END 

FORA=1TOB 
S-INT(RND* 700) + 150 
CALL SOUND(4@,S,13) 
L=INT(RND*5@) + 32 
PRINT CHR$(L); 

NEXT А 

RETURN 





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(initials) 


. Many of these 


make up a book 
You use this abbre- 
viation in a letter 
when you've for- 
gotten something 
Opposite of p.m. 
-la-la 

Slang for yes 
Opposite of dirty 
The way some 
people like their 
hamburgers 
Programs are 

SOLE ле 2 
Revolutions 

Per Minute 
(abbreviation) 
Place where peo- 
ple leave their 
cars: Parking... 
Postal abbrevia- 
tion for Oregon 
Study of robots 
а ће та“ 
Terrestrial" 
Nickname for 
Diane 

Short for “hello” 
Opposite of cry 





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42. 


44. 


47. 


48. 


91. 


92. 


54. 


59. 
60. 


Agriculture 
(abbreviation) 
Zodiac sign of 
the lion 

The place where 
you go to learn 
“Fa, So, La, 


Do 
Summer '85 hit 
movie about a boy 
who goes back to 
1955 in a time 
machine made out 
of a car 

Ralph Edwards 
(initials) 

Railroad 
(abbreviation) 
Camp activity 
where you make 
things 

Male sheep 

What chimney 








sweeps clean out 
of chimneys 


DOWN 


12 


2. 


3 


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9. 


10. 


Walt's fun park in 
Orlando, Florida 
Lion sound 


. Video game with a 


toad-like creature 


. On Valentine's 


Day you send 
cards to people 
you 





. Marker on a com- 


puter screen 


Your hand has four 


fingers and a 





. Parent- Teacher 


Association 
(abbreviation) 
A father and a 





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19. 
20. 
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26. 
32. 
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34. 
36. 
38. 


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41. 


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44. 
45. 


46. 


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49, 
50. 
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55. 
56. 


57. 


58. 





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Another name for 
robot: Ап____ 
What you hear 
with 

Postal abbrevia- 
tion for Arkansas 
Month after March 
We mixed up the 
letters between L 
and P 

Altitude 
(abbreviation) 
Etcetera 
(abbreviation) | 
Red, white, and 





They’re in Holly- 
wood and in space 
Two times four 
Computer whiz 
Nickname for Alan 
Opposite of stop 
The parts of plants | 
that are in the 
ground 
Opposite of him 
Scoot! 

Oliver Thomas 
(initials) 

Left Hand 
(abbreviation) 


. Football field sur- 


face: Astro. 
TV SHOWS 2-5 
of Life" 

To catch mice, use 
a mouse 
Small word: And, 
but, nor, 
soon as 
possible 

Opposite of yes 
nut: circle of 
cake with a hole in 
the middle 

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Four rabbit's ears and kangaroo hops Kira Perdue, Defiance, OH 
Winners Leftover turkey, as much as you please Michael J. Fox and Peter Wolf — 
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Trapped in Time Put it all in a great iron pot 
Thanks to everyone who Stir it together, boy it’s hot! 
entered our “Trapped in Time!” Serve it on plates, it doesn’t matter Happy Feet Contest 
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Each winner received a Commo- This is how you make peanut butter, rific stories you sent in for our 
dore 64 computer, courtesy of It certainly is like no other. lucky sneaker contest (June 1985). 
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Scott Frank, Bethesda, MD; Маг- Super Pairs MA who wrote “а soleful tale 
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Paul Gittinger, San Antonio, TX; Minnie Pearl and Diamond Jim— your own. The winning picture 
Bryan Powell, Aurora, IN; Aaron Hannah Basham, Skamania, WA (below) was drawn by Michelle 
Pyman, Shrewsbury, MA; Tim Joan Rivers and Billy Ocean— Olson of Glendale, AZ for a place 


Pyle, Citrus Heights, CA; and Jesse Jennifer Henderlong, Cedar Rapids, IA called “Serenity.” 
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